DHARMAPURI l Monday l august 12, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION India develops 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient seed varieties The new seed varieties unveiled on Sunday span 61 crops and were developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research ‘Good yield even in adverse weather’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the seeds at three experimental agriculture plots at Delhi’s Pusa Campus in the presence of farmers. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan said these seeds are climate-friendly and can bring good yield even in adverse weather. The government said the seeds are biofortified and will help combat malnutrition ■ 34 field crops Will boost farmers’ income: agri minister ■ The field varieties include cereals, millets, forage crops, oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane and cotton. For horticulture, Modi released new varieties of fruits, vegetables, plantation crops, tubers and spices The agriculture minister said with the introduction of new seeds, the government hopes to enhance farm productivity and farmers’ income are among the 61 crops for which the new seed varieties have been developed CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Hindenburg: Oppn seeks JPC probe against Sebi chief Buch had disclosed her investments, recused to avoid conflicts of interest, says regulator curities laws. The report further alleged that recent amendments to Reit Regulations, 2014 were A day after US short-seller made to benefit Blackstone, Hindenburg Research levelled al- where Buch’s husband Dhaval is legations against Sebi chairper- a senior advisor. son Madhabi Puri Buch, the OpSeveral other Opposition parposition parties demanded a ties including TMC and AAP also joint parliamentary committee demanded a probe into the matprobe against Buch and her res- ter. TMC MP Mahua Moitra ignation from the post. asked if Buch had disclosed her Congress MP Rahul Gandhi ownership stakes to Sebi when said the integrity of the market she was a whole-time member. regulator, which is entrusted AAP MP Sanjay Singh said the with safeguarding the SC should take note of do not wealth of small retail the fresh allegations by discredit investors, has been Hindenburg. India: BJP compromised by the alMeanwhile, Sebi has legations against its By endorsing the urged investors to rechair person. “Why Hindenburg report, main calm and do due hasn’t Sebi chairper- the Opposition is diligence before reactson Madhabi Puri Buch trying to “discredit ing to the Hindenburg resigned yet? If invesreport. It also cautioned the country’s tors lose their hard- financial watchdog investors that the US earned money who will , short-seller might be and create be held accountable— instability through holding short positions PM Modi, the Sebi wild allegations”, in the securities covChairperson, or Gau- BJP MP Sudhanshu ered in the report. tam Adani?” he said in Responding to allegaTrivedi alleged a post on X. tions of conflict of inIn its report released late on terest, the markets regulator Saturday night, the New York- said: “Sebi has adequate internal based company claimed that mechanisms for addressing isBuch and her husband had stakes sues relating to conflict of interin obscure offshore funds used in est, which include disclosure the alleged Adani money siphon- framework and provision for recing scandal. It alleged that Sebi usal... Relevant disclosures rehad failed to take action against quired in terms of holdings of the Adani group despite allega- securities and their transfers tions of financial irregularities have been made by the chairperand market fraud. It also ques- son from time to time. The chairtioned Sebi’s decision to issue a person has also recused herself show-cause notice to Hindenburg in matters involving potential in June, alleging violations of se- conflicts of interest.” P10 PREETHA NAIR & B e n n K o c h u v e e d a n @ New Delhi / Mumbai (From left) India shooter, and one of the flagbearers for the closing ceremony, Manu Bhaker (L) with her coach and other members of the contingent on Sunday; Neeraj Chopra’s medal was the silver lining as India finished with six medals | PTI In the end, India’s campaign a case of glass half full T he lights are dimmed. The curtains are slowly drawing close. The show is over. Tales of valour, extraordinary human feats, moments of joy and ecstasy loss, es and despair are slowly being stored in the leaves of Olympic history Just like when a thea. tre gets over, the lights switch on in the hall, it’s time for the audience to wake up to reality and discuss the acts each athlete played. Paris soaked in the summer sun. There was a feeling of emptiness as the grandest sporting show on the planet ended on Sunday USA and Chi. na are firmly perched on the top. Somewhere in the bottom half was India, 71 with one silver and five bronze. For a country that won seven medals in Tokyo 2020 in 2021 including a gold, this seemed a case of one step backward. If one adds the six fourth finishes and VInesh Phogat’s heartbreaking dis- Tribal youth shot by BC man in TN for ‘entering land’ Express news service @ Dindigul An 18-year-old from the Paliyar tribal community was shot on Saturday evening allegedly by a member of a Backward Class community for entering his property in Sirumalai of Dindigul district. The youth sustained injuries on his head and neck but his condition is stable. The victim’s family alleged that he was shot when he entered the property to chase a stray buffalo and there is a history of casterelated disputes between the families. Dindigul police have formed a team to investigate the matter even as a WhatsApp message was doing the rounds claiming the youth was shot for stealing fruits from the property . Sources at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, where the youngster is being treated, told TNIE he had sustained wounds from a country-made gun. According to sources, the injured, S Velaiyan, is a daily wage labourer and a native of Saalakadi in Sirumalai. T he landowner, K Savariya (45), got furious when he saw Velaiyan wandering in his farmland and shot him, added sources. The victim’s grandfather Palanisamy told TNIE that Velaiyan had not been stealing fruits and the family had several ongoing caste-based disputes with Savariya. P5 qualification, then one can say that the primary objective it was just about alright. Noth- would be to save and protect ing to celebrate except for the them. “They are the future of medallists. our country and we need to The backdrop under which preserve them,” she said. the athletes competed too Chef de mission Gagan should be considered. The Narang, London Olympic Sports Authority of India said bronze medallist, said that it they had spent about `470 crore was a creditable performance. for the preparation of “There are 21 players the athletes in the last who medalled,” he said Olympic cycle. There alluding to the 16-memwas no lack of support TNIE @ olympics ber hockey team. He from SAI, national also felt that the athsports federations letes should be guided (NSFs) and some NGOs. well. “Wrap them in Perhaps that prompted cotton wool,” he said. India badminton team The sports adminisIndraneel Das coach Prakash Padutrators right from SAI Paris kone to say that the athto NSFs must go into a letes also should take huddle and find where some responsibility . they went wrong. They must Indian Olympic Association find a solution to India’s inabilpresident PT Usha, who had ity to reach the double-digit finished fourth at the 1984 mark. Or else the six here will Games, felt that we should count for nothing. For a nation think about the future. There that wants to bid for the 2036 are quite a few debutants Olympics, six medals definitely (about more than half of the won’t reflect the sporting supe117-strong contingent). She felt riority on the global stage. US fuelled violence in Bangladesh, says Hasina Y e s h i S e l i @ New Delhi Days after she resigned as Bangladesh’s prime minister and fled the country, Sheikh Hasina blamed the US for the crisis that led to the fall of her government. In her undelivered speech, the transcript of which was shared with her party workers, Hasina said that had her government handed over the strategically located St Martin Island to the US, the situation would have been different. St Martin Island is located about 9 km south of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf peninsula. “I could have remained in power if I had surrendered the sovereignty of Saint Martin Island and allowed America to hold sway over the Bay of Bengal,” she said. Hasina had hurriedly left the country and could not deliver the speech. This newspaper had earlier reported on the alleged US role in the crisis. Protests continued in Bangladesh on Sunday even as the police force remained passive. “The policemen are sitting in civil clothes in their respective stations. They have a list of demands which includes setting up a separate ministry for them,’’ Professor Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, a political commentator in Dhaka told this newspaper. Gunshots were fired at protesters outside Ismali Bank in Dhaka where a scuffle broke out between the protesters and the bank officials. At least five people were injured. Meanwhile, eleven Bangladesh nationals were apprehended while trying to infiltrate into India. Panic as Tungabhadra dam’s crest gate breaks K i ra n Ba l a n n a n ava r @ Koppal/Hosapete Panic gripped areas along the downstream of Tungabhadra reservoir in Karnataka after one of its crest gates got detached and washed away into the river early on Sunday morning. A large amount of water is gushing out of the gaping hole between the dam structure and the present water level. The reservoir, also called the Pampa Sagar Dam, reached its capacity of 162 ft recently . There are apprehensions that over 12 lakh hectares of farmlands in Ballari, Raichur, Koppal and Vijay- The Tungabhadra dam on Sunday | PTI anagara districts of the state could be flooded. The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority cautioned people living along the banks of Krishna river to keep vigil. Around 12.50 am on Sunday, the crest gate No 19 of the dam, which has 33 sluice gates, detached from the chain link and fell into the river. By evening, a total of 2 lakh-plus cusecs of water had gushed out of the reservoir. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar visited the site following the emergency He said two contractor firms have . been approached to repair the damaged gate of the dam. “We have informed two experienced contractors about it and provided them with designs. Their team too visited the place in the night. 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